Ideas
Understanding and Attracting the Next-Generation Navy Sailor
If the Navy ensures sailors are challenged and excited by the technologies they’re using, these individuals might opt to stay in the service longer.
Digital Government
Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform
Unicorn startup Slack is launching an apprenticeship program for formerly incarcerated people. But will the industry ever hire from the inside en masse?
Modernization
Lawmaker: Don’t Let “Rudderless Leadership” Cripple VA Health Record Overhaul
The program’s chief administrator resigned less than two months after taking charge of the project. Another top official left her post days earlier.
Digital Government
The To-Do List Method for People With Crazy Lives and Short Attention Spans
There is an alternative system for getting things done.
Digital Government
A Simple Tweak to Google Search Now Helps Veterans to Find Jobs
Only about half of all veterans in the U.S. participate in the workforce at all.
Digital Government
A Good Keyboard Is the Ultimate Workplace Luxury
It's the item you interact with more than anything else in your workplace.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Wants to Nudge Us To Be More Productive. Do We Want Its Help?
Clippy gets an AI makeover.
Digital Government
Working in an Open Office? Set Rules About Noise With Your Neighbors
Setting boundaries is important.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Firm Defends DNC Hacking Alert That Turned Out to be a False Alarm
Fast responses to cyber threats and perfect accuracy don’t always go hand in hand, a cyber pro who worked on the alleged DNC hacking attempt says.
Modernization
White House Unveils More Details About Proposed Modernization Center
Officials expect to establish the future-focused GEAR Center in the next year.
Digital Government
Apple, IBM, and Google Don’t Care Anymore if You Went to College
Companies will hire the candidates whose experience and skills best suit them for the job.
Ideas
Key Areas Governments Can Benefit from Social Media
Real-time communications with citizens are just one of the advantages of a social media plan.
Emerging Tech
Slack Was Able to Become a $7 Billion Company by Playing Nice With Others
Slack’s ethos is one of inclusion
Emerging Tech
Teaching Kids to Code During the Summer—for $1,000 a Week
Are private summer camps exacerbating tech's diversity problem?
Emerging Tech
This Desk Changes When It Senses Your Stress At Work
The desk is a combination of technology, psychology, and design.
Ideas
The Federal Workforce is Shrinking—Let Technology Help
Agencies could turn to platforms that help manage the information employees currently manage and process.
Ideas
How to Improve Federal Networks for a Better End-User Experience
Agencies can modernize as they optimize.
Digital Government